5:20 PM ET Phil Mickelson tweeted an apology on Tuesday in which the six-time major champion said he was sorry for recent comments he made about the PGA Tour and organizers of a Saudi-financed breakaway league. “Although it doesn’t look this way now given my recent comments, my actions throughout this process have always been
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How cool is Cole Hammer’s name? It was the talk of the 2015 U.S. Open at Chambers Bay, where Hammer, at the age of 15, made his major championship debut. His rounds of 77 and 84 saw him miss the cut, but the teen phenom’s name remained an unforgettable one in the golf fan’s mind.
12:00 PM ET ESPN News Services Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson were part of the first Ryder Cup committee that came out of the task force following the infamous 2014 matches. Woods has been among the three players on the six-member committee ever since as part of a veteran crew. Now the committee is going
There’s magic out west, so it’s always a little sad on days like today when the PGA Tour’s West Coast Swing has drawn to a close. Sure, we’re now speeding toward major season, and that carries a good amount of excitement, but the nice weather and prime time golf from Hawaii, California and Arizona has
7:08 PM ET ESPN News Services NAPLES, Fla. — Bernhard Langer maintained a 2-stroke lead Saturday in pursuit of a fourth Chubb Classic victory. A day after shooting his age, the 64-year-old German star had a 4-under 68 to get to 12-under 132 on Tiburon Golf Club’s Black Course. “It was a little more up
The idea of a PGA Tour and LPGA Tour crossover event comes up every season, but while we wait for that to happen there is a men’s and women’s event in the Australia Webex Palyers Series. The men and women play together, but from different tees. Hannah Green became the first woman to win a
2:57 PM ET Associated Press BAROOGA, Australia — Former Women’s PGA champion Hannah Green became the first woman to win a mixed-gender golf tournament over 72 holes when she closed with a 5-under 66 for a four-shot victory in the TPS Murray River on the PGA Tour of Australasia. Green, coming off a victory in
Billy Horschel joined the growing choir of players to criticize Phil Mickelson for the six-time major winner’s comments regarding the proposed Saudi-backed golf league. Horschel, speaking on the Fairways of Life podcast, called Mickelson’s remarks to the Fire Pit Collective “idotic” and untrue while asserting Mickelson has tarnished his legacy. “They were a little bit
7:13 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Already the oldest winner in PGA Tour Champions history, Bernhard Langer completed a wire-to-wire victory Sunday for his record fourth Chubb Classic title. Langer won at 64 years, 5 months, 23 days to push his victory total to 43 on the 50-and-over tour, two behind Hale Irwin
The viability of a golf league to compete with the PGA Tour has always hinged on a single point: How many tour pros would be willing to play on the rival circuit? Since news surfaced last summer that officials associated with the proposed Saudi-backed golf league were courting golfers with multimillion-dollar offers, players have been
7:24 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Joaquin Niemann survived a few nervous moments at Riviera and polished off a big week Sunday when he closed with an even-par 71 to become the first wire-to-wire winner of the Genesis Invitational in 53 years. Staked to a three-shot lead, Niemann’s margin was down to
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — As the sun went into hiding and the sweaters emerged at Riviera Country Club, Joaquin Niemann experience a brief moment of heat. His chaser for the previous three days, Cameron Young, had just holed out from 53 yards for birdie on 15, the type of shot that flips momentum. Meanwhile, Niemann’s
4:04 PM ET The Super Golf League, which is being backed by Saudi Arabian money and fronted by Greg Norman, was dealt a pair of serious blows Sunday when two of golf’s biggest stars believed to be connected to the proposed breakaway circuit pledged their support to the PGA Tour. Two-time major champion Dustin Johnson
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Dustin Johnson put an end to any speculation about his playing future by saying he is committed to the PGA Tour moving forward and will not jump to the prospective Saudi-backed golf league. On Sunday, Johnson issued the following statement via the PGA Tour: “Over the past several months, there has
11:10 AM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — A proposed Saudi-financed rival golf league took a big hit Sunday morning when Dustin Johnson said he was “fully committed” to stay with the PGA Tour. Johnson added his name to a growing list of golf’s top players who have said they are not interested in taking
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Tiger Woods willi return to Augusta National for the Masters this year, but it remains unclear whether he will tee it up in the year’s first major. Woods confirmed during a television appearance on CBS that he will be on-site for the annual Champions Dinner on the Tuesday before the tournament.
7:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Tiger Woods is returning to Augusta National Golf Club in early April for the Masters champions dinner. Woods, a five-time winner of a green jacket, wouldn’t say whether he will compete in the Masters — or even the par-3 tournament — as he continues to recover from right foot
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Each of the top 10 players in the world are at Riviera this week, and each of the top 10 players in the world are staring up at No. 32 and No. 113. This most peculiar leader board at the Genesis Invitational is but another example of the breathtaking depth on
7:57 PM ET ESPN News Services LOS ANGELES — Joaquin Niemann couldn’t find a fairway over the final two hours at Riviera and it didn’t matter. He still pieced together a 3-under 68 to set the 54-hole record and build a three-shot lead in the Genesis Invitational. Cameron Young, the 24-year-old PGA Tour rookie, tried
If a through-line can be ascertained from Phil Mickelson’s criticism of the PGA Tour it is his contention with the organization’s media rights. The tour, Mickelson asserts, is sitting on a pile of money like Scrooge McDuck from broadcasting deals and digital assets, money Phil believes belongs to the tour’s constituents. “It’s not public knowledge,
3:04 PM ET Associated Press BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A devastating fire Thursday swept through the iconic clubhouse at Oakland Hills Country Club, the suburban Detroit golf course that is one of Michigan’s most exclusive clubs and the site of many professional tournaments. Flames ripped through the roof at the sprawling, multistory clubhouse in Bloomfield
PACIFIC PALISADES. Calif. — It’s the ultra-rare case: a PGA Tour player who might not even have the coolest job in his own family. Cameron Young, a rookie competing on a sponsor’s exemption at this week’s Genesis Invitational, played Friday like a man blissfully unaware of Riviera’s reputation as one of the trickier venues on
6:31 PM ET Associated Press NAPLES, Fla. — Three-time champion Bernhard Langer shot his age Friday to take the first-round lead in the Chubb Classic. Langer, the 64-year-old German star who has six Charles Schwab Cup season titles and 42 victories on the 50-and-over tour, had five straight birdies on the back nine in a
Cameron Young broke the 36-hole scoring record for the Genesis Invitational, a pretty big deal considering the annual PGA Tour stop at Riviera dates back nearly a century. There’s just one slightly disappointing part about the 24-year-old’s first two days: He’s not even leading the golf tournament. That’s because 23-year-old Joaquin Niemann broke that record
9:44 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Joaquin Niemann was playing so well and having so much fun in the opening round at Riviera that he didn’t want to stop playing. He returned Friday morning and nothing changed except his place in the record book. His opening-round 63 still fresh in his mind, Niemann
Phil Mickelson’s association with a proposed Saudi-back golf league is many things. A financial windfall, a power play, a move spurred by misguided vengeance. But if Thursday’s report from the Fire Pit Collective is true, he’s not so much an associate of the Super Golf League as he is an architect. And that engineering could spell
2:23 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Even though the Saudi Arabian government has been accused of myriad human rights violations by watch groups around the world, Phil Mickelson says he is willing to get involved with a Saudi-financed breakaway golf league to have leverage with the PGA Tour. “They’re scary motherf—ers to get involved with,”
PGA Tour player Kramer Hickok claims that 17 players have signed on to the proposed Super Golf League. “You’re going to see a lot of big names jump over there. I think there’s already been 17 guys that have jumped over and I can’t say who they are, but there’s going to be some big
10:51 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Joaquin Niemann had an idea how Riviera was playing Thursday when he saw no one from the morning draw posting better than a 5-under 66. He hit the ball so well in the Genesis Invitational that he didn’t even bother paying attention to anyone else. When his
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — The strategy for Max Homa was simply. It had to be to deal with the jitters that made him uneasy from the second he woke up Thursday morning. He knew he’d be introduced on Riviera’s iconic first tee as the defending champion of the Genesis Invitational, a reminder of the dream